tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 17 16:35:44 2005
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Re: targhmey
ja' Voragh:
> ghunchu'wI':
>
>> maj. I'd suggest putting {-taH} on the pronoun/verb, to emphasize
>> that the location is a continuing thing rather than a simple fact of
>> being. That seems to be the conventional thing to do when using
>> pronouns to indicate "be at a place".
>>
>
> More than conventional style, it seems to actually be a rule -
> albeit one
> that's undocumented in either TKD or KGT. EVERY pronoun-as-verb
> example
> indicating "be at a place" has {-taH} on the pronoun. AFAIK there
> are no
> exceptions.
Must I remind you *again* of the counterexamples from TKD?
nuqDaq 'oH Qe' QaQ'e'
nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'
It's NOT a rule.
-- ghunchu'wI'